Celebrate Women's History Month using these amazing resources. From bookmarks to bulletin board displays, these ideas will have your celebration covered. Check them out!
Start off Women's History Month by giving your students these bookmarks about notable women and their accomplishments. Students can use these as they read their personal choice book or while you're using your school's curriculum books. Another effective use of these bookmarks is to have students complete a research project on the woman who is listed on their bookmark. They can create a poster, presentation, or writing piece celebrating that woman's accomplishments.
You can create a bulletin board display using these Influential Women Learning Charts, or you can use these to foster collaborative conversations with groups of your students. These cards provide information about different influential women and can be used as a starting point of a research project or a comparing/contrasting activity. These cards can also be used to hold Socratic seminars as a starting point for questions and inquiry.
Another fun and engaging way to celebrate Women's History Month is to use these Women and Minorities Who Shaped Our Nation Biography Fun Books. These books can be used with groups of students to complete collaboratively. Students could then share what they've learned with other groups through a Jigsaw method or through collaborative conversations between two groups.
Using Primary Sources is another great way to celebrate and honor Women's History Month. Primary Sources are a great way to get your students engaged in history, while also understanding the importance of Women's History and influential women's accomplishments. Grab these Primary Source Documents: Women in American History and explore historical events that can spark collaborative conversations, as well as ideas to start research projects and writing pieces.
Combine all of these ideas and resources to have students use the writing process to begin informative or opinion pieces about influential women in history. These Writing Process Pocket Folders are a great way to help keep your students organized while writing about Women's History Month.
There are so many ways to celebrate and honor influential women in history during Women's History Month. Grab one or all of these resources and engage your students in learning that they'll be sure to carry with them.
